Tagged Questions

For questions about the effects of psychology on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services in large populations. For questions about small groups or individuals, consider the tag consumer-psychology.

I'm familiar with some research into the subject of gift giving, for example Dan Ariely suggests that giving cash is less effective than buying somebody something. Other studies show that money spent ...

Kahneman and Tversky (1979) show findings that can be summarized in this plot:
They show that humans dislike losses "more" than they like comparable nominal gains. The results come from a series of ...

I proposed this question as an example question for the Area51 proposal "Mathematical modeling". User Artem Kaznatcheev suggested that it be asked here too, which I thought was a good idea.
So I am ...

I'm currently taking a course in Risk Management and we have been asked to give a presentation on Psychology and its effect on investment/market behavior. My group has created a solid presentation but ...

I think that certain aspects of ant colony behavior seem almost like economic decision-making in behavior. There are also links between ant colony optimization and features of the brain like selective ...

In my experience I tend to find low-fat products labelled as "99% fat free" much more often than the equivalent "1% fat".*
Why is this so? To me it seems counter-intuitive, because it reminds me of ...

Is there a game theory analysis or other research or modeling describing the commonly perceived phenomenon whereby the amount by which people underpay a gratuity seems to be proportional to the number ...

I remember reading about a study. I forgot the actual details of it, but the gist of it was: people were asked in what situation they would prefer to live, one where they make \$100,000 dollars and ...

The hold-out problem often occurs in debt-restructuring or in urban development.
The hold-out problem is defined where an agent, for example a land developer, must negotiate with many lot owners and ...